Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace
Ben Camey Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bulletsas an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1974
CityWhite Hall, AL
force instead lined maybe outcome poised stretch team tried
I thought they were the more poised team down the stretch. I thought we maybe lined up too many threes down the stretch and tried to force the outcome instead of doing what we usually do.
definitely everybody glad helped major played role team winning
It definitely helped our team. I think it helped everybody on our team get better. He played a major role in us winning a championship, so we're glad it happened.
ball cover force forcing letting lock moved picked plays running side team teams
I think our whole team has picked it up. We're getting the ball moved from side to side, forcing teams to defend, not letting teams come out and lock in on the plays we're running but force them to cover everyone on the floor. And when we do that, I think we're at our best.
conscious defensive effort everybody forcing hang hats stops teams tough
I think everybody is making a conscious effort to go out and get it done on the defensive end. We hang our hats on the defensive end, being able to get stops and forcing teams to take tough shots.
close energy hopefully opportunity team themselves wear
When you get the opportunity to close a team out, you just have to come out with a lot of energy early. You just have to go out there and withstand some of their energy, play through it, and hopefully they'll wear themselves down.
anytime celebrate expect extra game gets remember team win
Yeah, we expect anytime a team gets a win on us now, they're going to celebrate a little bit. We remember that and we'll take it into the game as a little extra motivation.
afford allow emotions extra feed guys hang knowing pick team teams type
When a team is short-handed, you can't allow them to hang around and feed off their emotions. Knowing that they got guys out, guys want to come out and play a little extra hard, try to pick it up. You can't afford to let those type teams hang around too long.
beat focus game played teams tough type
When we come out with that type of focus and that type of energy, it's tough for teams to beat us. When we play the way we played tonight, we make it look like that. We make the game look easy.
excited knows takes team veteran
We are a veteran team that knows what it takes to go out there and execute. We know that sometimes it goes, and sometimes it does not. There is no need to get excited about any one situation. We know we have to go out and play the game.
buzz enjoy free guys help owe playing talking team whatever
I enjoy being here. I enjoy these guys that I'm playing with. I owe everything to these guys here not talking about this, not making a big buzz about me being a free agent. We just go out there every night, and (I) do whatever I can do to help this team win.
couple good regardless team
I don't know -- that's why we play the games, ... We've got a new coach, new system, got a couple new guys, so regardless of how good you are as individuals, it's going to take a team effort.
ball early easy everybody forcing lead stops talking teams transition trying turn
We're talking about it, getting back to what we were doing early in the season, when we were getting stops that would lead to easy baskets. Where everybody was getting buckets in transition and forcing teams to turn the ball over, everybody getting out and running. ... Now, we're just trying to get back to where we were.
capable knew larry team
Before Larry got here, we knew what kind of team we had. With him gone, we still know we capable of getting it done.
came energy everybody game guys knows mean opportunity ourselves playoffs ready step teams win
We just wanted to give ourselves every opportunity to win games. Guys came out ready to play with a lot of energy but the playoffs is a whole different beast. This game won't mean anything for that. Everybody knows teams step up their game once the playoffs start.